SUMIT KUMAR SINGH & ANR. vs UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.12.2024 Judgment delivered on: 30.01.2025 + LPA 1062/2024, CM APPL. 9467/2024 SUMIT KUMAR SINGH & ANR ....Appellants versus UNIVERSITY OF DELHI ....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Gaurav Arora, Mr. Shakti Pandey, Mr. Dhruv Wadhwa and Mr. Ujjwal Malhotra, Advocates. For the Respondent : Mr. Mohinder Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal and Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. Present appeal has been preferred under Clause X of the Letters Patent Act, 1866 assailing the judgement dated 15.10.2023 in W.P.(C) 13825/2024 captioned “Sumit Kumar Singh & Anr vs. University of Delhi”, whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition filed by Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MADHU SARDANA LPA 1062/2024 Signing Date:30.01.2025 17:47:50 Page 1 of 16 the appellants seeking admission on vacant seat of LLB program of the respondent no.1/University of Delhi. 2. The facts, shorn of unnecessary details and germane to the issue at hand and collated from the underlying writ petition and the present appeal, are as follows:- a. It is the case of the appellants that the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the Common University Entrance Test [CUET (PG) 2024] on 26.12.2023. According to the schedule released by NTA on 26.02.2024, the examination for the subject name “General (LLB etc.)” was to be held on 13.03.2024. The appellant nos. 1 & 2 appeared in the said examination. b. The appellants stated that NTA released the scorecards of the candidates who appeared in CUET (PG) 2024 on 18.05.2024. The appellants scored 176 marks in the subject name “General (LLB et